Tossing game

Abstract

A tossing game is disclosed which utilizes a pair of target areas or trays placed on the ground at a desired distance from one another. Each of the target areas or trays has a plurality of cups of varying heights. The players toss projectiles (preferably disks) from a position adjacent one of the target areas to the other. Points are scored by landing a projectile either on the tray or in one of the cups, with the number of points increasing when the projectile lands in the taller ones of the cups.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A tossing game comprising a pair of spaced target areas and a plurality of projectiles tossed by one or more players from a position proximate one of the target areas to the other, each of said target areas comprising a tray having a base adapted to rest on the ground and upstanding vertical walls around the base, a plurality of vertical cups within the tray of varying height secured to the tray base, with said cups being arranged on their respective said base generally along a line between said target areas with the ends of said target areas closest to one another constituting their front ends with their ends distal one another constituting their respective rear ends, with the shortest of said cups being in front and extending above the level of said vertical walls, with the tallest of said cups being in the rear, and positioned adjacent to and in touching relation with the rear vertical wall of the tray, and with the height of any intermediate cups progressively increasing from front to rear, said cups being in side-to-side touching relation, said cups each having a cross section ranging between about 1.2 and 2.2 times the maximum cross section of said projectile such that the cups are capable of receiving said projectiles when tossed therein, said tray having side vertical walls the distance between said cups and the side vertical walls being between about 1.2 and 2.2 times the maximum size of said projectiles so as to receive said projectiles landing within the walls of the trays on the base outside of said cups. 
     
     
       2. A tossing game as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cross section of said cups is about 1.5 times the cross section of said projectile. 
     
     
       3. A tossing game as set forth in claim 2 wherein the distance between the sides of said cups and said side vertical walls and the distance between the front of said front cup and said front vertical wall is about 1.5 times the cross section of said projectile.